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Carnivorous Glow Worms Imitate Starry Sky To Lure Prey
Animals Being eaten alive is kind of beautiful Half a mile underground in New Zealand, another starry sky twinkles. Or so these glow worms want you to think.
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The Case For Eating Worms
Animals Nutritious? Yes. Tasty? Less certain. Earthworms are packed with protein, iron, calcium and other nutrients.
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Coming Soon To A Grocery Store Shelf Near You: Mealworm Oil
Health The latest in buggy food experiments Researchers are experimenting with the abundantly available insect for producing a margarine-like product.
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These two-headed worms could help scientists regrow lost limbs
Health Two heads really are better than one Geneticist Michael Levin at Tufts University is hopeful that his work will someday allow us to grow back our lost limbs.
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Scientists just found a 500-million-year-old worm with legs
Science A standing ovation The imprint in the stone looks like the shadow of a flattened shrimp.
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Scientists are trying to treat autoimmune disease with intestinal worms
Animals “Worm therapy” has a mixed record in clinical trials. Scientists are investigating whether intestinal worms might be able to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, from celiac disease to...
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These hermit crabs shack up inside living coral instead of mere shells
Animals When your roommate is also your room. A new hermit crab species makes its home inside another animal. It's an arrangement that works for them.
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Earthworms are thriving in Martian(ish) soil
Space The dirt simulations are not perfect. But they’re the future. Scientists don’t have access to real Martian dirt, so Wieger Wamelink and his research team added adult earthworms to simulation...
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How to brew worm tea
DIY For fertilizer, not drinking. Jim Shaw has been in the worm business since he was a teenager. His favorite application of the creepy crawlers: turning their droppings into worm tea.
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Meet the menagerie of parasites that can live in human eyes
Animals Some are accidental guests. For others, our peepers are prime real estate. Some gnarly eye parasites are accidental guests in the human body. For others, our peepers are prime real estate.
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